Wringer.



M. PALUSKA.

WRINGER.

APPLICATION r1150 NOV. 23. 1912.

Patented Oct. 26, 1915 STATES Prhfiiih ij MATHEAS PALUSKA, 0F ROANOKE,ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB, BY MESNE ASSIGNMEE'IQ GETZPOWER WASHER 00., OFMOBTGN, ILLINOIS, A COBFOBATION OF ILLINOIS.

'WRINGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Oct. 26, 3.915.

Application filed November 23,1912. Serial No. 733,1 45.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATHEAS PALUSKA, a citizen of the United States,residing at Roanoke, in the county of VVoodford and State of Illinois,.have invented new and useful Improvements in Wringers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to clothes wringer operating and supportingmeans, and has for an object to provide means whereby the wringer may besupported by a vertical driving shaft without a special separatesupport. 7 It isva further object to provide an operativer connectionand journal bracket between the vertical shaft and a horizontal shaftwhereby the wringer may be carried upon the horizontal shaft and bemovable to any desired position around the vertical shaft.

It is a purpose to make the device available at a low cost.

Other objects and advantages may be apparent/in addition to thosementioned.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the device, Fig. 2 is a topview thereof, adjacent a washing machine, the operative and inoperativepositions being indicated.

Thereis illustrated a washing machine 10 of any suitable construction,including a tub eiement'll. Extending verticallyand adjacent the tubthere is a driving shaft 12 which may be operated by the mechanism ofthe washing machine if desired. It carries near. its upper end a bracket14 revolubly mounted thereon and including the lower sleeve 13engagedsnugly around the shaft.

and supported by the collar 15 secured to the "heft therebeneath. A.suitable oil cup '13 he shaft journaled therein." An upwardly curvedbracket arm 16 projects from the sleeve, its upper end being spaced somedistance above the upper'end of the shaft, and having a journal bearinsleeve 17 thereat disposed on an axle at right angles to the shaft 12. Awringer shaft 18 is revoluble therein, held against longitudinalmovement by two sleeves 18 on each side of the bearing. This shaftcarries at its end inwardiy of the arm 16 a beveled gear 19 meshed withasimilar one 20 carried by the upper end of the shaft 12. A suitablehousing 21 may be engaged over these gears and supported by the bracketarm whereby accifie ts due to clothing or parts of the person carried bythe sleeve for lubrication of becoming caught in the gears may heaverted. The sleeve 17 is provided with an oil cup 17 The shaft 18projects some distance outwardly of the bearin 17, and is revolublymounted in the stanc ards 22 of a wringer device. Between the standardsthe shaft carries a suitable roller 23 of rubber or other suitablematerial, superposed over which there is a similar roller 24, having acentral shaft element 25 projecting from each end of the roller andengaged slidably in siotted portions of the standards. Blocks 26 areengaged over the shaft ends, borne down wardly by springs 27 thereabove,the tension of the springs being adjustable by means of hand screws 28projecting above the standcurely in an upright position, and the devicefirmly braced against depression.

It will be noted that tire-tendency of. the driving shaft to rotate thedevice bears it in a direction opposite that in which fabrics move inpassing through the wringer, so that when adjacent the tub i for use thedevice will be held in position. When moved to inoperative position itmay be held by any suitable means, such as a securing rod 31, or othersuitable means, As the weight of fabrics sustained by the wrin er Whilepassing therethrough is inconsi enable the major portions ofsuch fabricsbeing carried by the receptacles from which theyare taken and into whichthey are dischargeds no undue strain will be set up in the shaft:

12, and the operation of the device will not involve excessive frictionWhat is claimed isf In a wringer, the combination of a verti callydisposed driving shaft; a bracket revoinbly carried the upper end ofsaid shaft, said bracket including a sleeve, 9.

curved bracket arm having a journal bearing sleeve disposed in ahorizontal plane and a lower brace arm; a'wringer, including a pair ofshafts and rollers thereon, one of said Wringer shafts being extendedand having a bearing in said journal bearing sleeve of said curvedbracket arm; said Wringer being supported it its outer end by said bracearm; gearing between saiddriving shaft and said extended wringen shaft;a housing for said gearing, and a securing rod for holding 10 saidwringer in a certain position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

. I MATHEAS PALUSKA. Vitnesses S. H. ALTORFER, H. D. HALLENBAGK. I

